Boxing Day: a day where you avoid anything too clever and start by reflecting on (1) identifying the boxes in your life and (2) checking what’s inside them.
— Jagged Thoughts for Jagged Times 130 by Nicholas Bate
I already have too many boxes. Perfect timing to de-clutter.
An early Christmas present from Arizona. All you need to know to get things done.
Have You Changed?
It turns out, 31-year-old me who’s played a handful of sports in adulthood is substantially more coordinated than 17-year-old me who’d played none and was suddenly five inches taller than before.
— Clear Your Mental Cache by Thoughtbot
Is it time you re-visited those things that you think you know about yourself?
Goals for Fans of The Beatles
Read from the best, read from Nicholas Bate.
Fixie Friday - Sparkle Pony Holeshot Disc SS
Yeah, I know. It’s a single-speed. But you can’t deny it’s a rather fetching bike.
I can’t wait for the run-up to Christmas to finish, and for Christmas itself to begin. This frantic running about gets worse every year.
I may take NB’s advice this weekend and start bringing the quiet forward.
What a Hunk of Junk
The different sound components of the Millennium Falcon’s hyperdrive failing explained by Ben Burtt. The biplane used was probably more reliable than that hunk of junk.
This morning’s topic of conversation in the car to school with the kids was very enlightening.
Where would you go if the zombie apocalypse started?
Some barmy theories were proposed, but perhaps the best one was to hole up in a bike shop.
There’s coffee, energy bars, bike tools, plenty of bikes for barricading doors and their reliable as transport.
And they say kids today aren’t imaginative!
Goodbye Dr Dobb's
I haven’t been reading the Dr Dobb’s site for a while but back in my days as a .NET developer, it was a regular place to visit. Still, it’s a shame to see there won’t be any new content after the end of the year.
No amount of analysis and explanation can mask the deep, personal sadness I feel at writing about this decision. Like many of you, I grew up reading Dr. Dobb’s. For me, as I suspect it was for many of you, Dr. Dobb’s Journal was the lifeline to a thorough understanding of programming. I recall that when the magazine appeared in my mailbox, all other activity for the day came to a sudden stop and the remaining hours were spent blissfully poring over article after article, soaking in the information. I learned C from Allen Holub’s C Chest column, operating systems from the 18-part series on 386BSD, video programming from Michael Abrash’s Black Book, and data compression from Mark Nelson. And so on — each month brought new, enabling insights and explanations of often arcane topics.
— Farewell, Dr. Dobb’s by Dr Dobb’s